'América Móvil' (, , ) is the
largest mobile network operator in
Latin America and the largest corporation in
Latin America.
América Móvil is a publicly traded wireless communications company and provides services to over 130 million wireless subscribers in
America, primarily in
Latin America and the
Caribbean as of
March 2007. The company has been a venture of
Carlos Slim Helú, the richest person in the world according to Mexican financial wealth with an estimated fortune of US$67.8 billion
[1].
World-wide headquarters are located in
Mexico City,
Mexico. It was ranked number 1
Information Technology company in 2005 by the Business Week magazine
[2]. On February 25, 2007, it became the biggest corporation in Latin America by market capitalization, surpassing giants like
Petrobras.
[2]
Its Mexican subsidiary,
Telcel is the largest mobile operator in
Mexico, commanding a
market share in excess of 80 per cent. In the
United States, it operates under the trademark
TracFone, where they claim to be the leading national pre-paid wireless service.
It operates under the trademark
Claro in
Brazil,
Chile, the
Dominican Republic,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Peru and
Puerto Rico.
It operates under the trademark
COMCEL in
Colombia, as
Porta in
Ecuador, and as
CTI Movil in
Argentina,
Uruguay and
Paraguay.
On
15 November 2005, America Movil signed an international pact with
Vodafone to jointly deliver various international services.
América Móvil Global Wireless Customers
As of June
2007
[3],
★
México /
Telcel 46.114 million
★
Brazil /
Claro 26.252 million
★
Colombia /
COMCEL 20.607 million
★
Argentina /
CTI Móvil 11.695 million
★
United States Includes Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands /
Tracfone Wireless 8.576 million
★
Ecuador /
Porta 6.216 million
★
Perú /
Claro 4.357 million
★
Guatemala /
Claro 2.979 million
★
Chile /
Claro 2.694 million
★
Dominican Republic /
Claro 2.500 million
★
Nicaragua /
Claro 1.440 million
★
El Salvador /
Claro 1.426 million
★
Honduras /
Claro 0.927 million
★
Uruguay /
CTI Móvil 0.596 million
★
Puerto Rico /
Claro 0.574 million
★
Paraguay /
CTI Móvil 0.444 million
★ 'Global Wireless Customers' 137.236 million
External links
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América Móvil homepage
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América Móvil stock quote & chart
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Telcel Corporate Site
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Telcel In The USA
External links for America Movil brands
Claro brand
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Claro Brazil
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Claro Chile
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Claro Perú
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Claro Guatemala
★ /
Claro Puerto Rico
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Claro Dominican Republic
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Claro El Salvador
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Claro Honduras
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Claro Nicaragua
CTI Móvil brand
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CTI Móvil Argentina
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CTI Móvil Paraguay
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CTI Móvil Uruguay
Other regional brands
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TracFone United States
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Comcel Colombia
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Porta Ecuador
★
Telcel México
Footnotes and references
★
The World's Richest People: Slim's Chance Forbes article (2007-03-26)